Benita K. Betts

Friday

Mar 22, 2013 at 11:59 AMMar 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM

The funeral for Benita K. Betts, 31, of Pontiac, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Forrest, with Rev. Corrine Blissard officiating.Burial will be at noon Sunday at Mulberry Grove Cemetery, Mulberry Grove.A memory capsule will be placed at Chatsworth Cemetery at a later date.Friends may call from 1 to 3 pm. Saturday at the church.Mrs. Betts passed away at 6:40 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013, in Pontiac.She was born Aug. 7, 1981, in Bartow, Fla., a daughter of Lorri (Orndorff) Frechette and Brian Smith. She married Kito Betts May 22, 2010. He survives in Pontiac.She is also survived by her children, Estefania, Allyvia, Armando, Jordan and Kito II; her mother of Chatsworth; her father of Lakeland, Fla.; her grandfather, Larry (Rachel) Orndorff, Terre Haute, Ind.; her grandmother, Gerri Cabbage, Sandersville, Ga.; her great-grandmother, Beatrice Bronson, Chatsworth; her siblings, Joseph (Brandi) McDonald, Pontiac, Chelsie Embry, Georgia, Jeremiah (Kayla) Embry, Richard Garza II and Alexandra Garza, all of Chatsworth, and Tamra and Ashley Smith, both of Lakeland, Fla.; her mother-in-law, Laura Betts; her father-in-law, Havan Tompkin; many stepbrothers and stepsisters, aunts and uncles, and nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her daughter, Jaysha Marie “Bug” Betts.Benita was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece and friend who will be greatly missed.Memorials may be made to the family. Condolences may be left to the family at calvertmartinmemorial.com.